10 Best BEAR Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
BEAR has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to BEAR
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Notification for Telegram
Closest match4.9 (71) 4,000+ active installsSends notifications to Telegram users or groups, when some events occur in WordPress.
Shares the AI, mcp, woocommerce tags on WordPress.org. 4,000+ installs against 30,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated September 18, 2026.
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AI Puffer – AI Chatbot & MCP Server for Claude and ChatGPT
4.6 (166) 10,000+ active installsAdd an AI chatbot and manage your WordPress website through Claude or ChatGPT with AI Puffer’s MCP server.
Shares the AI, mcp tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 2 days ago.
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AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress
4.9 (871) 90,000+ active installsThe AI chatbot, AI agent and MCP server for WordPress. Connect OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and more to chat, write, search and automate your site.
Shares the AI, mcp tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated today.
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Smart Manager
Paid version availableSmart Manager – Bulk Edit for WooCommerce
4.4 (288) 10,000+ active installsWooCommerce Bulk Edit for products, orders, coupons & any WordPress post type — all in one Excel-like spreadsheet. Manage stock & pricing too.
Shares the bulk edit, woocommerce tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.7, last updated 9 days ago.
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4.8 (216) 8,000+ active installsModern Bulk Editor for Posts and Pages, create and edit hundreds of posts at once in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. Search and quick edits.
Shares the bulk edit, woocommerce tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 2 days ago.
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Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor
4.9 (228) 10,000+ active installsModern Bulk Editor for WooCommerce products, create and edit hundreds of products in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. No need to export/import
Shares the bulk edit, woocommerce tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.3 (129) 30,000+ active installsBulk delete posts, pages, users, attachments, and meta fields based on complex bulk conditions & filters.
Shares the bulk delete tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.3 against 4.7, last updated August 16, 2026.
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4.6 (131) 90,000+ active installsDelete posts, pages, comments, users, taxonomy terms and meta fields in bulk with different powerful filters and conditions.
Shares the bulk delete tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated August 13, 2026.
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4.7 (235) 50,000+ active installsThe time-saving solution for managing tons of featured images within minutes: Set, replace and delete in bulk and set default images for future posts.
Shares the bulk edit tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated August 18, 2026.
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4.5 (43) 30,000+ active installsEnable Columns, Filters, Quick Edit and Bulk Edit for ACF Fields in WordPress List Tables
Shares the bulk edit tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
Switching from BEAR: common questions
What is the best alternative to BEAR?
Notification for Telegram is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 4,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which BEAR alternative has the most users?
AI Engine, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which BEAR alternative is rated highest?
AI Engine, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 871 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these BEAR alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with BEAR score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against BEAR on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Notification for Telegram is the closest match to BEAR by the data we track, and AI Engine has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. AI Engine shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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